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Review Of Literature, &C.
A Lithographic Engraving of the late Bro . Richard Smith . C . Mitchell , Bristol ; R . Spencer , London . The publisher of this spirited likeness of one of the most distinguished Craftsmen of his day , has laid the fraternity in general , but more especially in Bristol , under an obligation . Those who worked with the estimable Brother , now deceased , can preserve the visible recollections of his virtuesMasonic and social
many , ; while those who only knew him by u good report , " may , in possessing a vivid likeness of the late Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Bristol , thus faithfull y pourtrayed , enrich their portfolios , and be the means of handing down to their survivors the features of a Mason of pure philanthropy , unsullied integrity , and unquestionable talents . The Engraving is from the portrait by Branwhite —( who , as an artist , has done justice to the subject of his pencil ) , —and may be had either in plain dress , or in full Masonic costume .
Rome as it was under Paganism , and as it became under the Popes , Madden & Co . The author of this most singular , curious , and highly interesting work is at present anonymous . We have heard that he " is a ministei of the Roman Catholic Church , which may account for the general bias of his opinions , which , it is hut fair to state , are never intrusive , or wanting in liberality . It probably may not yet be prudent to declare *
himself . It appears to us that a thirdvolume is wanting , to make "Rome" complete , we ought to have a history of the Inquisition . That the prejudices of the Roman Catholic Church still exist in the present day , with a sad disregard to faith , hope , and charity , a paper in our present number too clearly proves . However , to our author . He has attempted to dress his composition in a garment of fictionand to create a scene of action with various
, characters ; and he has only not perfectly succeeded from the extreme difficulty of condensing the great variety of the materials necessary to his extensive subject—thus he is as often elaborate in his delineation of subjects not so immediately embraced in his object , as he is occasionally brief in other points more immediately pertaining thereto . His descriptions are full of life—they stand out so prominently that believe yourself present . The " Triclineum" or Hall of Feast
you , , can hardly be surpassed for its glowing dispay of luxurious effiminacy . The doctrines of early Paganism are examined and minutely discussed , and many aphorisms are brought forward with considerable effect , showing that , however distant in purity from revealed religion , the heathens of antiquity formed no indifferent code of morals , and proved their knowledge and intellect to be of a very high order . It is true our author does not admit this much , but the inferences are clearly deducibleOf the vastness of cient
. an Rome , computed by various authors as being fifty and even seventy miles in circumference , the descriptions are truly graphic ; and that the Eternal City had attained a knowledge of engineering , and other useful sciences of no common amount , is shown , among many proofs , by the amount ( no less than . £ 250 , 000 ) spent by Cato , the Censor , in cleaning the subterranean channels of the city , wherein a wain , loaded with hay , might go below , and even vessels sail in them—they remain rierfect to the present clay . The aqueducts , baths , and palaces were all on the same scale of grandeur VOL . r . 3 o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of Literature, &C.
A Lithographic Engraving of the late Bro . Richard Smith . C . Mitchell , Bristol ; R . Spencer , London . The publisher of this spirited likeness of one of the most distinguished Craftsmen of his day , has laid the fraternity in general , but more especially in Bristol , under an obligation . Those who worked with the estimable Brother , now deceased , can preserve the visible recollections of his virtuesMasonic and social
many , ; while those who only knew him by u good report , " may , in possessing a vivid likeness of the late Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Bristol , thus faithfull y pourtrayed , enrich their portfolios , and be the means of handing down to their survivors the features of a Mason of pure philanthropy , unsullied integrity , and unquestionable talents . The Engraving is from the portrait by Branwhite —( who , as an artist , has done justice to the subject of his pencil ) , —and may be had either in plain dress , or in full Masonic costume .
Rome as it was under Paganism , and as it became under the Popes , Madden & Co . The author of this most singular , curious , and highly interesting work is at present anonymous . We have heard that he " is a ministei of the Roman Catholic Church , which may account for the general bias of his opinions , which , it is hut fair to state , are never intrusive , or wanting in liberality . It probably may not yet be prudent to declare *
himself . It appears to us that a thirdvolume is wanting , to make "Rome" complete , we ought to have a history of the Inquisition . That the prejudices of the Roman Catholic Church still exist in the present day , with a sad disregard to faith , hope , and charity , a paper in our present number too clearly proves . However , to our author . He has attempted to dress his composition in a garment of fictionand to create a scene of action with various
, characters ; and he has only not perfectly succeeded from the extreme difficulty of condensing the great variety of the materials necessary to his extensive subject—thus he is as often elaborate in his delineation of subjects not so immediately embraced in his object , as he is occasionally brief in other points more immediately pertaining thereto . His descriptions are full of life—they stand out so prominently that believe yourself present . The " Triclineum" or Hall of Feast
you , , can hardly be surpassed for its glowing dispay of luxurious effiminacy . The doctrines of early Paganism are examined and minutely discussed , and many aphorisms are brought forward with considerable effect , showing that , however distant in purity from revealed religion , the heathens of antiquity formed no indifferent code of morals , and proved their knowledge and intellect to be of a very high order . It is true our author does not admit this much , but the inferences are clearly deducibleOf the vastness of cient
. an Rome , computed by various authors as being fifty and even seventy miles in circumference , the descriptions are truly graphic ; and that the Eternal City had attained a knowledge of engineering , and other useful sciences of no common amount , is shown , among many proofs , by the amount ( no less than . £ 250 , 000 ) spent by Cato , the Censor , in cleaning the subterranean channels of the city , wherein a wain , loaded with hay , might go below , and even vessels sail in them—they remain rierfect to the present clay . The aqueducts , baths , and palaces were all on the same scale of grandeur VOL . r . 3 o